American Music Awards 2012: Best and worst moments

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Justin Bieber got attacked. Pink got raw. The Wanted got serious stage time. Taylor Swift got racy. And M.C. Hammer made a surprise appearance. All that and more as Zap2it runs down the high- and lowlights of the 2012 American Music Awards.

Justin Bieber got attacked. Pink got raw. The Wanted got serious stage time. Taylor Swift got racy. And M.C. Hammer made a surprise appearance. All that and more as Zap2it runs down the high- and lowlights of the 2012 American Music Awards. (Getty Images)

Wyclef was heavily accessorized on the AMA red carpet, with rings reading "Scream" and "Shout" and a heavy yoke of gold around his neck. But it was what was on his head that really caught our eyes. The snake-head ballcap is completely weird and kind of awesome at the same time. -- Rick Porter,

Wyclef was heavily accessorized on the AMA red carpet, with rings reading "Scream" and "Shout" and a heavy yoke of gold around his neck. But it was what was on his head that really caught our eyes. The snake-head ballcap is completely weird and kind of awesome at the same time. -- Rick Porter, (Getty Images)

On the red carpet, the Backstreet Boys mentioned that after the new year, they will have been a band for twenty years. Excuse us, we have to go purchase our burial plots because we¿re officially ancient. -- Carina Adly MacKenzie, Zap2it

On the red carpet, the Backstreet Boys mentioned that after the new year, they will have been a band for twenty years. Excuse us, we have to go purchase our burial plots because we¿re officially ancient. -- Carina Adly MacKenzie, Zap2it (Getty Images)

Stylist Brad Goreski of Bravo fame showed up in extremely sparkly jeans for his gig as a red-carpet correspondent ¿ so sparkly, in fact, that every single artist he interviewed felt the need to comment on the shimmer. Psy, of "Gangnam Style" fame, also wore glittery pants. We hope no vampire

Stylist Brad Goreski of Bravo fame showed up in extremely sparkly jeans for his gig as a red-carpet correspondent ¿ so sparkly, in fact, that every single artist he interviewed felt the need to comment on the shimmer. Psy, of "Gangnam Style" fame, also wore glittery pants. We hope no vampire (Getty Images)